Depends. I got into a vicious cycle with Maxtor, they'd replace a drive under warranty, then THAT drive would fail within warranty, and eventually I had to stop the madness.
For a Lacie external drive, I sent it in to replace the controller card, came back with all data intact. That was a $400 unit so "so cheap" is relative.

Simple fact is, these are supposed to be professionals, and I'm sure they see data much more valuable than mine. But yes I also mark which drives I should destroy myself.

Oh god... fuck Maxtor.
But yes, when our local utilities raise rates, it's to be more "competitive" and "in line" with other regions.
So instead of keeping the best warranty in the industry, Seagate is content to fall in line. Whatever, I don't truck with them anymore.

OP did not specify how much space is being used total, but everyone is taking the 500MB as the main sticking point. *facepalm*

The point being it will get larger in the future, even if OP never runs the risk of exceeding Gmail's quota.

Far as I can tell this is a TMI question about fetchmail and attachments. Wish I could help.

I find http://trenchescomic.com/ to be one of the best reads out there now. Not for the comics but for the anonymous stories.
Sure there's the potential people will start to exaggerate to make the story more interesting (who doesn't?) but I've heard enough anecdotally from the industry that truth is always stranger than fiction. And the earliest stories collected before the site was launched are nuts too. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. If it was honey and roses there wouldn't even be a debate.

If I do pursue the vidja games industry, it will definitely be from the commerce side. They'll call me the suit-with-a-heart-of-gold right up until John Riccitiello crushes my resolve. Then you soda-swilling fuckers are all fired after we ship. ;P

Indeed. As an experienced shooter I've recently made the decision to get rid of my 12MP Pentax point and shoot -- a camera I carry with me often but rarely use -- and "upgrade" my iPod Touch to 4th gen with a camera. Quality debates aside, they tend to be rather good with video, and there are umpteen apps to creatively "buff" the look of still images. Besides, I normally shoot DSLR, and up to medium and large format film when the motivation calls for it. Arguing over a few noisy megapixels is utterly pointless when faced with not getting the shot at all.

No, the advantage is simply that I will very often have the iPod in my hands, and that people in general are now quite comfortable with having a mobile device held up to them for candids and snapshots. P&S aren't known for being responsive, aren't equipped with aesthetically pleasing flashes, and compared to an iPhone *all* of them are bulky and obvious, even the Optios and Elphs. Plus I get to bypass the "download" step and tweak images immediately before sharing them. I'm looking forward to how it changes my photographic habits and eye.

If I ever buy another P&S for myself it will likely be a waterproof Pentax for actual underwater photography. Watertight casings for SLRs are madly expensive.

+1 if you'd rather they called it the LAVOS. ;)

The French nuclear industry is 90% owned by the government. AREVA encompasses the entire power chain, and being an energy company which realises uranium is a finite resource (which could be due to the fact they don't own majority stakes in any of the world's largest known deposits), has a fairly proactive alternative and renewable division. They're also working on a fusion plant (a tokamak). The press releases say they could switch it on in 2020, but I'm betting 2030 before any real power is generated. (I can't even imagine what a fusion accident will look like, but it's really the only direction we can go.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areva
http://www-ferp.ucsd.edu/FPA/fpn11-58.shtml

As another comment says, that's the energy industry in general. Siemens, a German company, received the largest fine among a electricity price fixing cartel.

SACRE KABLEUEY!

Maybe the EU can step in to bail th.... oh wait.

It's been a while since you wrote a college paper, huh?

Tags: military

Do we distinguish government intelligence ops from the military? Even when they involve China? Even when they involve orbital satellites?

New tag: spymantics

Especially since it is documented and provable that all data would have to be deleted manually. Simply clicking their profile deactivate/delete button doesn't do squat, it just turns the profile off. I have met real people who do that EVERY TIME they use facebook, because it makes their data unsearchable until their next reactivation.

Well, I have no citations to back this up.... one straightforward (pardon the imminent pun) historical reason would seem to be, simply that it's ok for a patriotic leader to "love" his country if it's in the feminine. Same with ships, etc.

Some might call the U.S. the fatherland (Founding Fathers?), but the term is more associated in North America with Nazi Germany. The poll website linked (feardepartment.com) is very clearly satirical and I'm certain they're alluding to this.

During the Civil War, an extra stanza for Star Spangled Banner used feminine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_National_Anthem#Additional_Civil_War_period_lyrics

One final anecdote, when soldiers fight, they fight "for Lady Liberty".

Windows still has a command line, right?
I don't use it often enough to know...

I'm cribbing this paragraph from TFA for my resume bullet points. It's glorious.